Comments on: Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol ‘Bestseller’ on BitTorrent

By: Knetrom

Knetrom — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:21:00 +0000

But still most of the sick facts aboudt Christianity is NOT fiction!

By: Knetrom

Knetrom — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:16:00 +0000

He doesn’t claim it is his ideer

By: 1337 h8ter

1337 h8ter — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:04:23 +0000

@2… jealous much

By: zamia

zamia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:32:23 +0000

Don’t look at their eyes!

http://158.130.17.5/~myl/languagelog/archives/001631.html

By: Novo Dan Brown é recordista de downloads | LOUCOS POR NOVIDADES

Novo Dan Brown é recordista de downloads | LOUCOS POR NOVIDADES — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:26:44 +0000

[...] Lançada na última terça-feira, nos Estados Unidos e no Reino Unido, a obra teve aproximadamente 40 mil downloads de sua versão em PDF, segundo com o blog Torrent Freak. [...]

By: Mr. Briggs

Mr. Briggs — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:27:53 +0000

@66 (Cordella):

Some people like to laugh at the factual inconsistencies in books. I do that, for one.

By: New Wheel of Time prologue hits BitTorrent

New Wheel of Time prologue hits BitTorrent — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:15:24 +0000

[...] The BitTorrent leak follows a similar situation with Dan Brown’s highly anticipated book The Lost Symbol, which has already been downloaded tens of thousands of times on BitTorrent. [...]

By: Cordelia

Cordelia — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:16:19 +0000

I repeat what several other people have said:

1) Brown RIPPED the concept from a British book called “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” – Plagiarism.

2) His litterary style is mediocre at best.

3) The “religious” claims in his books are ignorant nonsense and only somebody with serious gaps in their general knowledge would enjoy reading his books.

If you MUST read this book, do NOT under any circumstances pay a penny for it!!! Personally I wouldn’t read it even if he paid me.

By: Mr. Briggs

Mr. Briggs — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:54:45 +0000

@47 (Dan Brown Is A Fucking Gimp):

“We’ve got a five-tier level of defense,” Jabba explained. “A primary Bastion Host, two sets of packet filters for FTP and X-eleven, a tunnel block, and finally a PEM-based authorization window right off the Truffle project. The outside shield that’s disappearing represents the exposed host. It’s practically gone. Within the hour, all five shields will follow. After that, the world pours in. Every byte of NSA data becomes public domain.”

A bastion host definitely exists. FTP exists, but packet filters for X-eleven…? X-eleven (X11) is a window system…
A tunnel block is just something that blocks a tunnel, so would probably just be another bastion host somewhere along the tunnel. But don’t take my word for it, I know nothing.
PEM = privacy-enhanced e-mail, but I’ve never heard of an authorization window for PEM. Perhaps they mean “an authorization module”? And WTF at “the Truffle project”, you’re right.

And shouldn’t NSA data, being from a government agency, be public domain anyway? Even if it’s not released to the public at all.

I guess people will believe something if it’s complicated enough.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:05:12 +0000

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